Reymond & Fischele law firm is quite pleased to welcome you by the Leman lakeside for Interlegal Congress and General Assembly.
The Congress will take place in Ouchy (the port of Lausanne), by the lakeside. Lausanne is the fifth city in Switzerland, head office of several international organizations, among them a few sports organizations. Lausanne is also the head office of the International Olympic Committee. Lausanne is situated 60 km from Geneva, in an exceptional landscape, facing the lake, among several vineyards.
Three months after the approval of the non-habitual resident tax regi-
me today it was finally approved Implementing Order No. 12/2010,
of January 7 that defines, for that regime, the activities of high added
value, with scientific, artistic or technical character.
L’article 164 C du CGI établit une taxation forfaitaire pour les non résidents français qui disposent d’une ou plusieurs habitations en France, que ces personnes soient de nationalité française ou étrangère.
REGARDING CREDIT RATING AGENCIES
Regulation (CE) no. 1060/2009 of European Parliament and Council, of September 16, 2009, approving a new legal framework regarding credit rating agencies, has entered into force on December 7th.
Said Regulation sets forth a mandatory system of registration of the agencies which intend to issue ratings to be used by entities established in the E.U. and an endorsement regime regarding credit ratings issued in third countries.
Attached for your information is copy of our 2009 legal newsletter nr. 6 that we hope you will find of interest.
This may be more of a technical term than a legal term. When we refer to ‘contractual engineering’, we are talking about the possibility of structuring complex contractual operations without abandoning the general principles of law and without losing sight of the fact that legislation requires the contracts to be lawful, that there is agreement between the contracting parties, and that the contracts are held with the formality which the law requires.
As of December 9th, a Spanish version of Abreu Advogados' website is on line. Internet Spanish readers will be able to acess information on Abreu Advogados in addition to other legal contents.
1. Introduction
The Republic of Portugal comprises mainland Portugal and the two archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira. These archipelagos are autonomous regions with political and administrative statutes with the power to establish regional taxes and to adapt the national taxes to their specific regional interests. For the time being the archipelagos have only adapted the national income taxes to their specific regional interests and have not established any regional taxes.
The currency is the Euro (“EUR”).
